Geoff Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 (edited) It was interesting to read Sea Jay's report & their experience on the Bay yesterday. We to had a good day with some new experiences. Left Cooks rver at 7.15am & headed to the Cans to meet up with friend Peter brother Micheal. Pete has just taken delivery of a new 4.6mt Stacer & was keen to give the boat a run on the Bay The plan was to troll the southern headland for Kings. There were heaps of boats , all bottom bashing for reasons we later discovered were more productive. Four passes along the cliffs produced zip so back to Watts reef to regroup. Arrived to find another friend Graham checking out the sceen. We decided to try a few drifts & with the Southerly pushing us North started on the reef & drifted into the bay. The next few hours , fishing Watts & the headland produced the widest aray of fish we have caught in a day. Began with a small jacket followed by a whiting & 2 small flathead. All returned. A little further out 3 Flounder which included 1 keeper then an assortement of rock fish & a few throw back Reddies. It became a situation of what was going to come over the side next. Came back into Watt's & with the N/E kicking in began a drift towards the oil whalf. Brother in law Henry hooked into a nice Trevor . I felt a drag on the line , something heavy & thought , monster Flathead. Not to be. an Octopus. Well why not , we had caught everything else. Released it with 1 tentical missing ( only way to cut him free) dropped the line over with a 6" length of wriggling tentical & thought prime bait fot something bigger. No sooner had it hit the bottom & away it went. This time I thought , the big one. Wrong , another Ocky. Two more followed so decided 4 was enough & with the sun becoming unplesant headed back to Cook's We caught two other fish not mentioned above & request your assistance in identification Heading back out again on Friday with David ( Mottyman) & his 8 YO son. Hope the Kings are more cooperative Geoff Edited December 28, 2005 by Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Nice catch mate, The fish looks like a parrot fish crossed with Mahi Mahi But its good to see that the reef is firing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outnumbered Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 sounds like you had a great day Geoff hope i do similar when i hit the bay with my dad tomorrow. i don't know about the first pic but the second fish looks like a female comb fish (only gets a 2 star rating as a table fish) acording to my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Brian Tks. Any thing that looks like a Mauri Rass is thrown back Both are back swimming around Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry.dz Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Mate hard to believe but I think the first fish is a baby "TuskFish" Sounds weird but while spearing in the harbour we have actually seen a small colony of them. And different species more commonly caught in northern waters. Hazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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